New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-29
: NOT YET SUPPRESSED.
,pu,s GRACE FOR UNITED IRELAND
.w.,r,xG THE RESULT OF Mr.. oBRikNS arr
srHrENCE OF EDITOR "Ah
RINT's CAsE-EVICTIoNs ON LoHD
MAssEREENE's ESTATE
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coo.,ioht: 1887 BY The W~-iorN tribune
,v OCT 2s-Thc coup d etat we were
.x,ectins has not come OIL, ana Uhteu lreiaho
,smains unsurpassed for at least anothcr week
I, ;s impossible to say what induced the Govern
90 stav their hand at the last moment
nr... detec,iyes swarmed around the office and
.a,o,od Mr.. O'Brien and every member OF the
s,oH until long after the paper went 10 press
.Ia, they intended 10 strike blow is aosoiutely
-,.;r Int 10 the surprise of everybody they
.,c re(raincd from striking. Possibly Wha'
..a,ed them w7,s the consideration OF the Migrant
,a.rcncv il would he TO attack Mr.. y bfchs
,onsr ,he week previous to the decision OF n
a,osecution against it's proprietor Mr' y priehs
,ncal against the sentence OF the N"heiS'o"h
"ir s;,,,,1cs i 70 he heard on Monday by the
pccorder OF Cork This in itself is a scahoai
since this Judge, two weeks ago took occasion 10
deliver a haranguc from the bench IN wihch he
s,,irc,,v nreiudged the case of Mr.. OBrien. At
the time of the Land League trais Loru 'nNe'
In.,icc Nav was similarly betrayed by his ami
mus into n rash expression oi oplhioh' o"' '"e
1a, ,o,loxv;uc his ebultion he had TIE decency 10
retire from the case IN which II had oceh arr"neeo
,a, no WAS 10 act as presiding Judge. The Govern
mcnt last week proclaimed meeting summoheo III
Co, for the purpose of calling on Recorder llamil-
mee,n, WAS held nevertheless in the Cork Chamber
Of Commerce. the Mayor OF the city presidlhg ana
lis most remarkable feature was the fact that the
extremely moderate section of citizens. some Of
whom have never identified themselves with
National politics. joined most heartily in the pro-
test
The result of the prosecution of the Editor of
wexford Eco lie" brings out with emphasis as
anticipated il would Che difference between the
INDEPENDENT police magistrate i'll Dublin, who
tried the case OF the Lord Mayor. and the judicial
emergency men whom the Government employ to
administer their Coercion Act in the country.
These magistrates are needy hirclnGs, dismissablc
1t three months notice, and they know no duty
save TO obey the commands of their paymastcr,
tie Castle. Before a pair Of these gentlemen the
Crown lawyers prosecuted Mr.. Walsh. of 9" The
WeAford People on the very same charge that
which Mr. o Doncl dismissed when brought against
the Lord Mayor of Dublin Mark that il WAS
not merely the same class of charge but the
identical charge. namely, for publishing report
OF a National League meeting at Ramserangc on
SEPT mlcr %. Mr.. ODOncl ruled that the
Crown did not prove that such meeting of the
National League was held at all and consequently
dismissed the case. 1t exactly the same
evidence which Mr.. O'Donci thought worthless
that the wexford magistrates have accepted. The
Grown themselves appealed 10 higher court
against Mr.. O Doncl decision. and Il while
thar appeal was pending that they prosecuted
Mr.. Wa >h and ladc their magistrates sentence
him to three months Imprisonment.
The sentence of two months Imprisonment in
hictd ulOn Mr.. Blunt will complete the good
effect which his arrest has already caused in
England. Had he been only sentenced 10 a
week or fortnight. the public might reason that
though tie punishment was unjust it not
vndictivc; but two months is just the kind of
savag" vindictiVcnc>s that is mctcd out TO Irish
members. and it will bring home to the minds of
The English people the outrageous character of
Castle tyranny better than anything that could bc
imagined.
have been for the pest TWO days witnessing a
series OF wdntOn cvictiOns Oh Lord Ma>Scrccnc :
estate IN Meath and louth. where the people made
q stout fight in defence Of their homes These
and other cVictions which are being carried ont
by wholesale in Ireland are bitter Yroof of the
fa'sity Of the Governments prctcnccs regarding
the new Land Act. which they claimed WAS
chiefly designed 10 put an end 10 the process Of
eviction altogether. Possibly | shall send YOU
some account by mail OF the scenes ! witnessed
e. day and yesterday. as they were among the
most Characteristic Of the present land war HAT
have Yet taken place. /. j. GILL, ". +.
HONOR OF IIRtKIY'S A\EIVEps,pV